Bugs that I found so far (if you can confirm) using FF4b31). When I go to quick backup, there is nothing to select (Items to Backup is blank). I have plenty of addons installed, but doesn't seem to show anything. I hope the quick backup will be updated as per the wishlist forum (link posted below).2). I started a backup and it just ran forever. Progress bar kept going and going, but it never completed. I had to abort.

Also, just wondering, as per our "wishlist" in the forum, will you be updating the quick backup feature as per

Finally, it would be great to have a feature to "export" the FEBE settings and "import" them. Many addons have this capability and it sure would help migrating FEBE settings to v7 as well as from PC to PC in the past since FEBE is used/recommended to everyone I know! Please consider adding this (unless it's present and I've missed it all this time).

The Quick Backup seems to work for me. Are you getting any FEBE related error messages in the error console?

I haven't really addressed the changes listed in the FEBE 7 to-do list yet (yours is in there), but I will be looking into it now. My biggest concern was in getting version 7 "over the hump" and working at all in Firefox version 4 with all its asynchronous API changes.

As for the backup progress window running forever, did you clear FEBE preferences after installing version 7? I recommend this when upgrading any FEBE version (even though it is not always necessary, it is in this case). If that doesn't work, try looking for FEBE related errors in the error console just after a backup attempt.

While I don't have an option of export/importing FEBE preferences built in, there is another Fx extension that does just that. It's called OPIE and it can import/export nearly all your installed extension's preferences.

Thank you for the reply Chuck. This was a clean install of FF4b3 with FEBE 7 beta installed, but I went ahead and cleared the FEBE preferences. I still do not get anything to show up in the Quick Backup window. In fact under Advanced, when I select Verify Extensions directory, it comes up with a 0. Nothing found. Perhaps it's an extension I have installed that is causing the issue? Here are the add-ons I have installed.

Not sure if any of that helps? If there is anything else I can do to help, please let me know.

Thanks for telling me about OPIE, that is helpful. However, many extensions support exporting/importing their own settings. If you have time, it would be nice if FEBE could do it's own import/export rather than having to run yet another extension.

cbaker_admin wrote:I'm very close to releasing the next FEBE v7 beta. It addresses some quirks I discovered in the quick backup routines as well as some other issues. Let's see if that one clears up your errors.

Since summer hiatus is over, I only really have the weekends to work on FEBE and my other extensions. But I do get a lot accomplished. I'm hoping that I'll have the next FEBE beta ready no later than the second week of September, 2010.

Well another new feature of Minefield is causing problems with FEBE 7. The latest hourly added JagerMonkey to Fx4. This feature speeds up Javascript.

There are a few new options in Prefs that control JM. One is called 'javascript.options.methodjit.chrome'. The default for this option is False. There doesn't seem to be any problems when it is set this way. However, when I set it to True Fx4 hangs when I start it up and I get this message:

A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

Script: XStringBundle:20

I have to reply Stop in order to bring Fx4 up. If I disable FEBE 7 in my Add-Ons list there are no problems. Of all the add-ons I have FEBE 7 is the only one to cause this problem.

I suspect there is a reason the Mozilla team defaulted this option to False. But I'm sure it will be turned on in the near future so look at this as a heads up if you want.

backup does appears to complete, ie. there are the correct files in the destination folder, but the febe window never closes. tried clearing the profile. then tried checking the destination directory, it gives me errors that the xpi files in the profile on c: (as in error above) are invalid. going back into options, the 'advanced' items will not display. will have to restart firefox.

errors from check destination:

Verify complete with errors ... see log.Do you want FEBE to attempt repairs? (OK for yes, Cancel for no)